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Galeodea petrosa

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Stramonita petrosa was named by Conrad (1855). Its type specimen is USNM 3536, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Liracassis.

It was recombined as Dolium petrosum by Conrad (1849); it was recombined as Eudolium petrosum by Dall (1909); it was recombined as Galeodea petrosa by Schenck (1926) and Tegland (1931); it was recombined as Liracassis petrosa by Moore (1963) and Hendy (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Dolium petrosum Conrad p. 727 figs. pl. 19, figs. 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b
1855Stramonita petrosa Conrad p. 727 figs. pl. 19, figs. 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b
1857Stramonita petrosa Conrad p. 327 figs. pl. 6, figs. 47 and 47a
1909Eudolium petrosum Dall p. 71
1926Galeodea petrosa Schenck p. 82 figs. Plate 14, figures 5–11
1931Galeodea petrosa Tegland pp. 418-420
1963Liracassis petrosa Moore p. 31
2020Liracassis petrosa Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyCassinaeLatreille 1825
genusGaleodeaLink 1807
speciespetrosa()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Galeodea petrosa Conrad 1855
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:59:15
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Miocene or 23.03000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Washington) Galeodea petrosa (40738)